Conference USA & Mountain West to merge

[North Side]

Texas State left the Southland to join the WAC (lol), and UT-San Antonio just started their football program and they are also joining the WAC. So they will have 7 next year.

TX ST
UTSA
Idaho
Louisiana Tech
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Utah State

Big Sky>WAC

How can the WAC even be an FBS conference. I am pretty sure the Valley is better. NDSU would win the WAC easy next year. However, I would never want us in the WAC playing in some horrible no name bowl game does not trump the FCS playoff run.

[zooropa]

Not really their fault. An anti-trust lawsuit that they lost handed the defacto power to the big football schools.

True.

The NCAA had no business trying to grab for all that juicy juicy TV money---and I can't even imagine what the NCAA would be like if they owned the exclusive rights to the college football and college basketball championships. That'd be good for what? A couple billion a year *just* for the championships?

On the other hand, it would stop this insane conference-hopping-for-TV-bowl-money nonsense.

[zooropa]

What about "The NCAA is a private organization made up of members who's mission is to try to save themselves from their own insanity... It is at best moderately successful."

Sums it up pretty well.

Also can't figure out how universities end up acting like they're ran by high school drop outs.

[Twentysix]

How long until they pickup the phone and start offering schools across the pond?

CUk/SA's newest member http://www.ouafc.com/

They will more or less just mix the rules 60/40.

[jimmyptubas]

How long until they pickup the phone and start offering schools across the pond?

CUk/SA's newest member http://www.ouafc.com/

They will more or less just mix the rules 60/40.

Now that is some soccer I might actually watch!

[BisBison]

I saw a map of the new CUSA/MWC members on ESPN. It pretty much covered the whole United States. They should just rename the conference the jetlag league.

[Twentysix]

I saw a map of the new CUSA/MWC members on ESPN. It pretty much covered the whole United States. They should just rename the conference the jetlag league.

(Conference USA + Mountain West Conference) - everything good about both leagues = Super America Conference (SAC)

I smell a corporate sponsorship!

Welcome to the bowl!